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HISTORY  OF  THE   UNITED 


STATES    IN    RHYME 


BT 


ROBERT  C.  ADAMS 


AUTHOR  OF    '-THE    HISTORY  OF    ENGLAND    IN    RHYME,"   "  ON   BOARD   THE 

*  ROCKET,'  "  ETC 


BOSTON 
D.    LOTHROP    AND    COMPANY 

FRANKLIN    STREET 


Copyright, 

By  D.  LOTHKOP  AND  COMPANr, 

1884. 


\<^^\-\ 


PREFACE. 


This  History   of  the   United   States 
'Tis  not  pretended   higher   rates 

Than  Bancroft,  Barnes  or  Lossing  I 
But  to  the  student  pressed  for  time, 
This   condensation   clothed  in   rhyme 

'Tis  hoped  will  prove   a  blessing. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    UNITED 


STATES  IN  RHYME. 


DISCOVERIES. 


About  the  year   ten   hundred  two, 

So  Iceland's  legends   say, 
Norwegians   saw   America 

From  Greenland  to   Cape  May. 
Four   hundred   years   of  silence    came, 

The   Northmen's   trips  had   ceased, 
When    Europe's   enterprise  sought   out 

The  commerce    of  the    East, 
In    Christopher   Columbus'   day, 

A    Genoese   by  birth, 
Who,  studying   navigation,  guessed 

The  roundness  of  the   earth, 


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History  of  the   United  States  in  Rhyme. 


And  said   that   Asia  might   be   reached 

By  sailing  to   the   West: 
Spain's  Ferdinand   and   Isabel 

Gave   means   to   make  the   test. 
They  fitted  out   two   caravels, 

Columbus   bought   a  third, 
Aug.  3, 1492.     And   sailed   from  Palos,   in  old   Spain, 

With    sixscore   men    on  board. 
When   seventy   days  of  fruitless   search 

Had   wearied  out  his   crew, 
Oct.  12, 1492.    Columbus  saw   San  Salvador 

In   fourteen    ninety-two. 
When  Cuba,   San  Domingo's   shore, 

And  smaller  isles  were  seen, 
He   carried   back  to   Spain  next  year 

The  tidings    to  the  Queen. 
John   Cabot  gained  from   Henry  Seventh 

A  patent  to  explore. 
And  with  his  son  Sebastian   found 
Julys,  1497.         The  coast  of  Labrador. 


History  of  the  United  States  in  Rhyme, 


Sebastian  fourteen  ninety-eight 

A   second   voyage  made, 
And  searched  to   Carolina's   shore, 

For   purposes   of  trade. 
He    afterwards    found  Hudson's  Bay, 

And  when    King   Henry  died, 
For   Spain   he    voyaged   to  Brazil, 

And  saw   La  Plata's   tide. 
Columbus    Orinoco   saw. 

In   fourteen   ninety-eight. 
But   rivals   sent   him  home  in    chains. 

To   gratify   their   hate. 
The    Queen   released  him,   and   he  sailed 

Once   more  the   westward   way, 
But   ere   returning  she   had  died 

And   enemies   held   sway. 
Columbus,  suffering   from  neglect. 

At   Valladolid   died; 
His  bones  beneath  Havana's  soil, 

In   Cuba,   now   abide. 


1498. 


1517- 


1526. 


Aug.  10,  1498. 


May  20,  1506. 


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1499. 
1504- 


He   made   four   voyages   in  ail. 

Formed   settlements   abroad, 
But   never   knew   the    magnitude 

Of   what   he   had   explored. 
Discoveries   were    concealed  by   Spain, 

And  jealous  rivals   hurled 
Such   calumnies,    Columbus   lost 

The  naming   of  a   world. 
Americus  Vespucius, 

A  Florentine,   made   claim 
That   he   discovered  the   New  World, 

And   thus  it  bears   his   name. 
He   sailed  to   South   America 

In   fourteen  ninety-nine, 
And,  five   years  later,   made   reports 

That   favored  his  design. 
Cortereal,   for  Portugal, 

Six   hundred  miles   or  more 
Of  North  America  explored. 

And  off  to   slavery  bore 


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Some    fifty   of   tlie   Iiidiuns. 

Ill  this    unlioly   strife, 
Upon  a   second   rash   attempt, 

He    forfeited   his   life. 
Tlie  Frenchmen   came  to  Newfoundland 

To  fish,   in   fifteen   four. 
They   named   Cape  Breton   and  explored 

The    great  St.   Lawrence   shore. 
Some  voyagers   saw   Yucatan, 

And,   fifteen   hundred   ten, 
Balboa  with   a  colony 

Encamped   at  Darien. 
In  fifteen   thirteen,   he   the  great 

Pacific   Ocean   spied. 
And   took   possession   for   old  Spain, 

Of  all  its  boundless  tide. 
Juan   Ponce   De   Leon,    fifteen   twelve, 

The   Fount   of  Youth   to  orain. 
Discovering   Florida,   was   made 

Its  governor  by   Spain. 


1501, 


'     1504. 


1510. 

Sept.  29,  1513, 


April  6,  1512. 


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1521. 


1517. 

1518. 

1519-21. 

1531- 

1520, 


1525. 
1523- 


1524. 
1528. 


But   when  he   came  to   settle   there, 

The   Indians   defied 
The   Spaniards,   who   to   Cuba   fled. 

Where   Ponce    de    Leon   died. . 
Then   Cordova   found    Mexico: 

Grijalva   searched   anew, 
And   Cortes   conquered   Mexico, 

Pizarro   took  Peru. 
De  Ayllon,   seeking   Indian  slaves. 

From   San  Domingo   sailed 
To   Carolina   for   his   prey ; 

A   second   voyage   failed.      ''''■-' 
John   Verrazani  sailed   from   France, 

In   fifteen   twenty-three,     ' 
And  leaving  Carolina  reached 

The  fiftieth   degree. 
Narvaez   went   to   Florida 

New   settlements   to   form ; 
In   crazy   boats   he   fled  to   sea, 

And   perished   in   a   storm. 


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De*Soto,   Cuba's  governor,  ^  is39-4i. 

Came  next  with   crowded  ranks; 
He   marched   three   thousand   miles,  and   died 

On 'Mississippi's   banks. 
One   half  of  his  six   hundred   died, 

The   rest  resolved  to  flee, 
And,   failing   to  escape   by   land. 

Built   boats   and   reached   the   sea. 
Jacques   Cartier,   in   thirty-four,  1534. 

Two   ships  took   out  from   France, 
And   made   attempt   in   Canada  ^ 

French   glory   to  advance. 
Next  year   he   made   a   second   trip, 

And   on   St.   Lawrence   day,  isss* 

Explored  the   Gulf  that   took   this   name 

And   up  its  stream   made   way.  ^ 

The   vessels   anchored   at   Quebec, 

And,   taking  boats,   he   came 
To  Hochelaga's  Isle,  and   gave 

To   Montreal  its   name. 


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IS42. 


IS42. 


AgaiHi  in   fifteen   forty-one, 
»54i.  He   voyaged   to   Quebec, 

And  near  the    village   built  a   fort, 

The   Indians   to   check. 
He  loft  ere  Roberval  appeared,      . 

Who,   sent   out   by   the   King 
To  act   as  viceroy,    sailed  again 

Disheartened,   in   the   spring. 
Cabrillo,   fifteen  forty-two, 

Explored  by  Spain's  command, 
From   Acapulco,   steering   north, 

Along   the   Western  land.      \\ 
Coligny,   Admiral  of  France, 

A  place   of  refuge   planned 
For   persecuted   Huguenots 

Within  the   Western  landv 
A   squadron  under   Ribault   sailed 
1562.  And   reached   Port   Royal   Bay; 

A   colony   of  twenty-six 

Decided   there  to   stay. 


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To   honor   Charles  the   Ninth,   the  land 

Was   Carolina   styled;  -, 

But   failing   to   receive   supplies, 

They  left  the  Western   wild. 
Another  expedition   came, 

Led    by   Laudonniere, 
To   the   St.   John's,   in   Florida, 

And  built  a  fortress  there. 
This   rousing   Spanish  jealousy, 

Melendez  brought  a   crew. 
Who,  settling  at  St.   Augustine, 

Nine   hundred   Frenchmen   slew. 
A   fiery  Gascon   named   De   Gourges, 

In   anger   crossed   the   seas. 
Secured   two   hundred   prisoners 

And  hung  them   to   the   trees. 
He   fled,   and   Spain   retained   the   land; 

St.   Augustine   thus   rates 
The   oldest   town   existing  now 

Within   the   United   States. 


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1565. 


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1576-77, 


1578-80. 


1583. 


1584. 


For  gold,   and  northwest  passages 

To  reach   East  Indian   trade, 
Three  unsuccessful  voyages 

By   Frobisher   were   made. 
In   seventy-nine,   Sir   Francis   Drake 

Passed   California's   coast ; 
And   John   de   Fuca,   later  on, 

Still  further   search   could   boast. 
Sir  Humphrey    Gilbert  for  his   queen 

Made   claim   to   Newfoundland; 
His   little   vessel  of  ten   tons 

Went   down   with   all   its   band. 
Then  Walter   Raleigh   for  himself, 

With  patents   to  explore, 
Sent   Amidas  and   Barlow  out 

To   Carolina's   shore.  * 

The  land   was   called   Virginia       r 

By  England's   virgin   queen. 
And   Raleigh,    knighted,   sent  more   ships 

To   settle  his   demesne. 


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Sir  Richard   Grenville   led  the   fleet  isss- 

And   founded  Roanoke; 
But    Indian    hostility 

They   managed   to   provoke, 
And   after   suffering   much   distress, 

Were   eager   to   forsake 
The   colony,   and   go   on   board 

The   ships   of   Francis   Drake.  1586. 

They  scarce  had  sailed  when  ships  arrived 

With   bountiful   supplies ; 
And   Grenville   landed   fifteen   men 

To   hold   the   enterprise. 
Then   Raleigh   sent  more   emigrants 

With   Governor  White,   who   found  1587- 

The   bones  of  all   the   fifteen   men 

Exposed   upon  the   ground. 
Returning   home   to   get  supplies. 

He   left  a   hundred   there. 
Among   whom  was   the   first   born   child 

They   called  Virginia   Dare. 


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1603. 
1605. 


History  of  the  United  States  in  Rhyme. 

Three  years  elapsed   before  John   White 

The   settlement  regained; 
The   colony  had  disappeared, 

No  vestige   then  remained. 
Sir   Walter  sent  five   different  times, 

But  never  found  a  trace; 
'Tis   thought  they  joined   the  Indians, 

And  mingled   with   their  race. 
Gosnold,  in  sixteen  hundred   two, 

Explored  and  named   Cape   Cod; 
Then   Martin   Pring,   and   Weymouth   next, 

Maine's   territory   trod.         ^,.y       ' 


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The   chartered   London   Company,-  • 

A   settlement  to  form. 
Sent  Newport   out  to   Roanoke, 

But,  driven  by  a  storm, 
He   found   the   Bay  of  Chesapeake, 

Up  the   James  River  came. 


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May   twenty-third,   in    sixteen   seven ; 

Thus   Jamestown   took   its   name. 
Gosnold,  projector   of  the   plan, 

And  half  the   settlers   died; 
The   rulers   proving   weak   and   bad, 

John   Smith  was   wisely   tried. 
He   organized   the   colony, 

But,   travelling   through   the   land".. 
Was   captured,  and   two   men   were   slain 

By   savage   Indian   bands. 
Condemned  to  die,   his  life   was  saved 

By   Pocahontas'   love,  - 

Who,   clinging  to   his   neck,   detained 

The   clubs   that  swung  above. 
The  settlement  was   reinforced 

With  idle   gentlemen ; 
An  accident   made   Smith   go  home; 

Disaster  followed    then; 
And  as  the   starving   colonists 

Were   sailing  far  away, 


May  23,  1607. 


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History  of  the  United  States  in  Rhyme. 

Lord   Delaware  with  full  supplies 
x6io.  Arrived  within   the   bay. 

i6ix.         Then   Gates  came   out   with  working   men, 

Prosperity  returned ; 
1613  Fair   Pocahontas   married   Rolfe; 

Powhatan's  love   was   earned. 
B}'"  emigration   every  year, 

The   State  was  firmly  planted; 
1621.         King  James,  in  sixteen  twenty-one, 

A   constitution  granted. 


NEW  ENGLAI^D  —  MA SSA CHUSETTS. 

The   Plymouth  Company  resolved 
•       New  lands  abroad  to   gain ; 
An  unsuccessful  settlement 
1607.  George   Popham  made  in   Maine. 

1614.         In  sixteen  fourteen,  brave  John  Smith 
The  region  well   explored, 
And,  naming  it  New  England,  sailed 
To  spread  its   fame   abroad. 


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He   came   to   form   a  colony 

With  sixteen   men  next  year, 
But,  captured   by   French  pirates,  lost  '615. 

His   ship   and  all   its  gear. 
The   persecuted  Puritans 

Away  from  England   fled ; 
John   Robinson,   in  sixteen  eight,  1608. 

His   faithful   followers   led 
To  Leyden,  where  they   formed  a  church 

And   heard  Dutch   sailors   tell 
Of  favored   lands   across   the   sea, 

Where    they   in   peace    might   dwell. 
An  embassy,   to   England   sent. 

Got   leave   to   colonize. 
And  London  merchants  furnished   means 

To   purchase  their   supplies. 
Although  the  SpeedwelV s  courage   failed. 

The   Mayflower   spread  her  sails 
At  Plymouth,   with   a  hundred   souls,  Sept.  e,  1620. 

And  braved  the  Atlantic  gales. 


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1620. 


1621. 


They  sailed   nine   weeks  and  safely  reached 

The  harbor  of  Cape   Cod, 
Rejoicing  in  a   land   that  gave 

Freedom  to  worship   God. 
They   gathered   in   the   cabin   there, 

A   constitution   wrote, 
And   made   John  Carver  governor. 

By   universal   vote. 
They   set   their  feet   on   Plymouth   Rock, 

December   twenty-second, 
In   sixteen   twenty;   from   this   date 

The   settlement  is  reckoned.        -       ' 
The  governor   and   nearly  half 

Of  all  the   little   nation, 
Ere   summer  came   had   lost   their  lives 

Through   sickness   and   privation. 
Their  hopes  were   dull,   when   Samoset, 

An   Indian   chief,   appeared. 
And  shouting,   "Welcome,   Englishmen!" 

Their  drooping   spirits   cheered. 


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A   treaty,   formed    with    Massiissoit, 

For   fifty   years  was  kept; 
And   Bradford    tliirty   years    was   made 

The   ruler's   place    to   accept. 
A   colony,   at    Weymouth  formed, 

Aroused   the    Indian   foe; 
Miles   Standish   to   the    rescue    came 

In   time    to    avert    the    blow. 
John   Endicott,   with   five    score  men, 

To   Salem   came    to   stay. 
And  there   he   formed   the    colony 

Of  Massachusetts   Bay.     . 
Next   year    "three   godly   ministers" 

Two  hundred   settlers   brought 
From  England,  and  on  Charlestawn  Neck 

A  residence    they    sought. 
John   Winthrop   fifteen   hundred   brought, 

In    sixteen    hundred   thirty. 
And   Boston,  with  its  neighboring  towns. 

Was  settled  by   this  party. 


1623. 


1638. 


1629. 


1630. 


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1637. 


Three   thousiind  settlers   came   one  year, 

Among  them   Henry   Vane, 
Who  served  a  year  as  governor 

And   sailed  for   home   again. 
The  Puritans  most  highly   prized 

The  freedom   they    had   bought. 
But  yet  denied   to   other  men 

The   liberty   of  thought. 
In   Salem,    Roger   Williams  preached 

That  rulers   had   no   right 
To   dictate  in  religious   things, 

Man's   conscience   is   his   light. 
He,   banished,   fled  to   wintry   wilds 

Where   savages  abounded;        ^ 
Canonicus   then   gave   him  land; 

Rhode    Island   thus   was   founded. 
Anne   Hutchinson's  peculiar   creed 

Caused   Boston,  much   dissension; 
Imprisonment,   then  banishment, 

Were  meted  by   convention. 


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New  England's  colonies  were  joined,  ;i643. 

In   sixteen   forty-three, 
Except   Rhode   Ishuul,    which   had   failed 

With   Plymouth   to   agree. 
Ten   Quakers,   who   had   crossed    the   sea, 

Were   back  to   England   shipped,  1656. 

But   others   came,   and,  for   their  faith. 

Were   hanged,    imprisoned,    whipped. 
But  when   the   persecutions  ceased,         .  1661. 

The   Quaker   zeal  was  staid, 
And   seconding   John   Eliot's   work, 

They  gave   the    Indians  aid. 
Good   Massassoit  kept   the   peace, 

By   English   growth   made    sore,    , 
His   son   the    friendly   treaties   broke. 

And   waged   King   Philip's   war.  1675. 

New   England's   fiercest   Indian  tribes 

This   wrathful   chieftain   led. 
And   fearful   slaughter   raged   a  year, 

Till  Church  cut  off  his  head.  1676. 


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T\/o  judges,   who   condemned   Charles   First, 

Were   sheltered   in    the   land; 
j66o.  This  brought  a   Navigation   Act 

From   Charles   the   Second's   hand. 
It  favored   England   in  their   trade, 

And  hindered   foreign   baiter, 
And   Charles,   to   gain   control,   annulled 

The   Massachusetts  charter. 
James   Second  all   New   England's   States 

A   royal  province   made,  " 

Sir  Edmund  Andros  was  sent  out 

The    government   to   aid. 
But  when   King   James   had   lost  his   throne. 

This   tyrant   went   to  jail, 
1689.  And   Boston's   patriots  sent   him   home, 

With    fifty   more,   by   sail.  ^ 

In   three   years   more   Sir   William   Phipps 
169a.  Was    sent   his   place    to   fill ; 

New   England's   colonies   remained 

A   royal   province   still. 


1683. 


1686. 


1686. 


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Belief  in   witchcraft   cursed   the   land 

In   sixteen    ninety-two ; 
Wise    Cotton   Mather   and   great   men 

Declared   tlie   doctrine    true. 
In   Salem   persecution   raged, 

In  jail    were  hundreds    flung, 
By  torture   fiftj'-five    confessed. 

And   twenty   folks   were   hung. 


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NEW  YORK. 

The   Dutch   sent   Henry  Hudson    out, 

Who   came    to  New    York   Bay, 
And  up    the    river   Hudson   made 

For   sixty   leagues   his   way. 
In   sixteen   thirteen    Adrian   Block 

First   Hell    Gate's   passage    made  ; 
And   many   ships   then    came    to  seek 

The  fur    and   peltry    trade. 
The   Dutch   East   India   Company, 

In  sixteen   twenty-three, 


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1613. 


1633. 


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1664. 


Sent   thirty   families    of  Walloons 

With    May    across   the   sea. 
These   people   were   French  Protestants 

Who   hito   Holland    fled; 
Eight  families  formed   Albany, 

The   rest  at   Brooklyn   stayed. 
In   twenty-six   came   Minuit, 

Dutch   power  to   augment ; 
The   Indians   sold    Manhattan   Isle, 

Ten   acres   for   a   cent. 
Fierce   warfare   with   the   Indians 

Gave   twenty   years   of  care ; 
The   Dutch  by   force   of  arms   subdued 

The  Swedes   of  Delaware. 
An   English  fleet   arrived   in   port,    • 

In   sixteen  sixty-four, 
Demanding   for   the   Duke   of  York 

Surrender   of  the   shore. 
The   Council  yielded   up   the  place 

Against   Stuyvesant's  pleas; 


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The  English  flag   above   New   York 

Then  floated   on   the  breeze. 
The   Dutch,   in   sixteen  seventy-three, 

Through   treason   gained    the   town ; 
But   gave  it,   after   sixteen   months, 

Again   to   England's   crown. 
The   tyranny  of  governors 

Made  Leisler  take   the  rule, 
Whom   Sloughter  most   unjustly   hung, 

By  liquor  made   a  fool. 
Against   West   India   pirate   craft 

They  sent  out   Captain   Kidd, 
Who   hoisted   up   the   pirate's  flag, 

"And   wickedly   he    did." 
In   politics   the   Democrats 

Were  led   by   Rip   Van   Dam, 
And   party   strife,   for   many   years, 

Kept  passions   in  a   flame. 
The  people   feared  the   "Negro  Plot,'* 

To   burn   New   York   for  gold, 


1673. 


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1699. 


1732. 


1741. 


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And  nearly   eighty   colored   folks 
Were   hanged,   or  burned,   or  sold. 


1634- 


1635-45. 


1715. 


MARYLAND. 

Lord  Maryland  secured   a   grant 

Beyond   Potomac's   shore ; 
The  persecuted   Catholics, 

In   sixteen    thirty-four, 
From    England   to   St.   Mary's   came 

In  search   of   toleration, 
And   Maryland   was   opened   to     ■ 

The   oppressed   of  e^p^y   nation. 
Dissension   came,  and   Clayborne   twice 

Against   the    crown   rebelled ; 
The   Protestants   unjustly   used 

The   powers   that   they    held. 
In   civil    wars   and  party   strifes 

The   time   was   largely  spent, 
Until   the   fourth   Lord  Baltimore 

Secured  the  government. 


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CONNECTICUT. 


The  river   of  Connecticut  • 

Was  found  by   Adrian   Block,  1614. 

In   sixteen   fourteen,   and   the   Dutch 

Its  trading   chances   took. 
Earl  Warwick  got  a   grant   of  land,  163a 

Expressed   in   current   notion, 
"From    Narragansett   River   to 

The   great   Pacific    Ocean. " 
He   soon   transferred  his   interest  «63<. 

To   Say-and-Seal   and   Brooke, 
Who   towards   the   region's   settlement 

Some   active   measures   took. 
In   sixteen   hundred   thirty-three 

Holmes*   colony   was  made  1633. 

At  Windsor;   Steele  then  brought  a  band         1635. 

Who   near  to   Hartford   stayed.  — 

A  hundred   more,   from    Boston,  joined  «636. 

Their   friends   the   following   year,  ■       ' 


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1636. 


1637. 


1638. 


166s. 


"The  light  of  Western   Churches"  styled, 

Good   Hooker  gave   them   cheer. 
John   Winthrop   built   the   Saybrook  fort, 

And  made   a   colony  there, 
Determined   that  these  fertile   lands 

The   Dutchmen   should   not  share. 
The   Pequod   War  distressed  the   land, 

And   thirty  men   were  slain; 
The   Narragansetts  were  induced 

As  allies   to   remain 
By  Roger   Williams,   and  they  joined        "" 

The  troops   of  Captain   Mason, 
Inflicting   on   the    Pequod  tribe 

Complete   extermination. 
John   Davenport,   with   London   friends.. 

Arranged   New   Haven's   site ; 
Church   members   were    the  only   men 

Who   held   the  voter's   right. 
A  Royal   Charter  was  obtained 

In   sixteen  sixty-two ; 


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The   Colonies   of  Connecticut 

A  bond   of  union  drew. 
When   Andros   came   with  sixty  men, 

The  charter  to  revoke, 
Brave   Captain   Wads  worth    hid   it   safe' 

Within  the  "charter  oak." 


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1687. 


DELAWARE. 

The  Dutch   came  out  to   Delaware 

In   sixteen   thirty-one, 
But  savages  destroyed  them   all 

Before   a  year  was  gone. 
Then  Swedes  established   colonies 

In  sixteen   thirty-eight; 
But  Dutch  and   English   finally, 

Secured  the   little   State. 


1631. 


1638. 


NEW  JERSEY, 


New  Jersey's  settlement  was  made 
In   sixteen  sixty-four, 


1664. 


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And   Carteret  and   Berkeley   both 
The  landed   titles   bore. 
1676.         West  Jersey  passed   v/ithin   the   hands 
Of   Quakers   and   of  Penn,   , 
Until   in   seventeen  hundred   two, 
1702.  It  joined   the   East  again, 

And   both  were   subject  to   New  York 
Till   seventeen   thirty-eight, 
1738.         When   Governor   Lewis    Morris  ruled 
r  New   Jersey   separate. 


V  T'EE   CABOLINAS. 

1663.         Lord    Clarendon  and  seven  friends, 

In   sixteen   sixty-three. 
Secured   the  Carolina   lands 

From   Charles   the   Second  — free.     - 
The    colonies   of  Albemarle    , 

And   Carteret   were   formed; 
To   Charleston's   genial   settlement 

Both  Dutch  and  Huguenots  swarmed. 


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In  seventeen  hundred  twenty-nine 
A  separation   came ; 

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Then   Carolina,   North  and   South, 
The  royal  rule  proclaim. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Good  "William   Penn,   in  eighty-two, 

Brought   out  a  chartered  right, 
And  bargained  fairly   with  the   Swedes 

For   Philadelphia's  site. 
He  paid  respect  to  Indian  tribes. 

And   treated   them   as   men; 
The   Indians  in  turn   resolved 

"To  live  in  love  with  Penn." 
He  went  to  England  to  reside 

In  sixteen  eighty-four, 
But  came   again  in  ninety-nine, 

Remaining  two  years  more. 
His  heirs  controlled  the  government. 

Till  revolution  came; 


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1683. 


1684. 


1699. 


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1779. 


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The   State   of  Pennsylvania 

Then  paid   them  for   their  claim. 


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1689. 


1690 


1690. 


GEORGIA. 

Good    General   Oglethorpe  came   out, 

In   seventeen   thirty-three, 
And   at   Savannah  formed   a   home, 

Where   debtors   might   be    free.  » 

KING  WILLIAM'S  WAR. 

King  William's   costly   war   with   France 

For  seven   years   was   waged, 
Canadian,   French,   and    Indian   bands 

The   colonists   enraged. 
Schenectady,   and   other   towns, 

These   foes   attacked   and   burned  ; 
The   colonists   were   then   aroused, 

And   warfare   was  returned. 
Port   Royal,   in   Acadia, 

Was   plundered   by   a   fleet. 


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But  forces  sent  to   Canada 
Encountered  sore  defeat. 


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QUEEN  ANNE'S  WAR. 

Queen    Anne's    War    made    with   Prance 

and    Spain,  ,70a. 

In   seventeen   hundred   two, 
Awoke   the   French  and   Indian 

Hostilities    anew. 
The  town  of  Deerfield   was  destroyed,  1704. 

And   all   the   frontier   flamed; 
Port  Royal,   by   the  colonists  seized, 

Annapolis   was   named.  ,7,0. 

South   Carolina   fruitlessly  ,702, 

Attacked  St.  Augustine  ; 
A  British  fleet  and   troops  were  sent 

To   Boston   by   the   Queen, 
And  led  by  Walker  made  attempt  ,7,1. 

Again  to  take   Quebec: 


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Eight  ships  were  lost,  nine  hundred  men 
All  perished  in   the  wreck. 


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KINQ  GEORGE'S  WAB. 

For  thirty  years  repose  was  had, 

Till  seventeen  forty-four, 
When  France   and  England  broke  the   peace 

And   caused  King  George's  War. 
The   English   captured   Louisburg, 

But  gave  it  back  again, 
And  failing  to   make  boundaries, 

Let  cause  of  war  remain. 


THE  FRENCH  AND  INDIAN  WAR. 

1754-        This    brought  the   French  and  Indian   War, 

Disputed  lands  to   gain, 
Which  sixteen  million   dollars  cost, 

And  thirty   thousand  men. 
I7S5.        Defeat  was  met  at  Fort  du  Quesne, 

And   Braddock  lost  his  life; 


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George  Washington  then  showed  his  skill, 

Retreating  from   the   strife. 
In   fifty-eight  he  led   the   attack 

Retrieving  this  disgrace,  -    ^ 

And    Pittsburg,  named  for  William  Pitt, 

Now   stands   upon  the   place. 
Crown   Point,   Ticonderoga,   both 

Were  yielded  by  the  foe, 
Niagara   was  then  obtained 

By  Johnson   and   Prideaux. 
Acadia  and   Louisburg, 

With  all  Cape   Breton's   isle, 
Were  gained;  and  Wolfe  secured  Quebec, 

Expiring   with   a   smile. 
The   Paris   treaty   closed   the   war. 

In   seventeen    sixty-three, 
And   England   held   the   continent 

Across  from   sea  to   sea. 
The   thirteen   colonies  progressed 

In  wealth  and  population. 


1758. 


X7S9. 


I7S9- 


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«7S9- 


1763. 


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1765. 


1766. 


1767. 


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Oppressions  of  the  parent  land 
Aroused   their  indignation. 

Their  manufactures   were  suppressed, 
All  foreign  trade  prevented, 

And  taxes  laid  by  parliaments, 
Where  none   were  represented. 

Their  homes  were   searched  by  officers 
With   Writings  of  Assiscance: 

James   Otis  gave   the   trumpet  call 

That  roused  the  first  resistance. 

The   Stamp  Act  stirred   the   populace, 

And   mobs   defied   the  law; 

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The   Sons  of  Liberty  combine  ^ 
And   home-made  clothes   they   wore. 

The   English  merchants  losing  trade, 
The  Stamp  Act  was  repealed; 

Then  William  Pitt  and   Edmund   Burke 
Their  love  of  right  revealed. 

On  colors,  paper,  glass  and  tea 
New  taxes  soon  were  laid, 


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And  Boston   had  to   tolerate 

An   English   Board   of  Tiade. 
Then  England   sent   some   soldiers  out, 

And   passed    the   Mutiny   Act, 
Which   ordered   colonists   to  provide 

All   things   the    soldiers  lacked. 
Two  regiments,   with   General   Gage, 

On  Boston    town   were    quartered; 
The  State   Street  massacre  took  place; 

Three   citizens  were   slaughtered. 
The  rising  of  the   populace 

Filled   England  with   alarm; 
By  taking  duties  off  of  goods, 

She  sought   to   undo   the   harm. 
But  just   to   keep   the   principle, 

The   tax  was  kept  on   tea. 
And   Boston's   patriots   emptied   out 

A   portion   in   the   sea. 
Of  Massachusetts,    General  Gage 

The  governor  was  made. 


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1768. 


March  5,  1770. 


Dec  16,  1773. 


1774- 


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The   Boston  Port  Bill  then  was  passed, 

Which   closed   its   foreign   trade. 
A  Continental   Congress    held, 

In  seventeen  seventy-four, 
In   Philadelphia,   resolved  • 

The  English   acts  to  ignore. 
New  York,   Virginia,  and  the   South 

Were  filled   with   freedom's  breath, 
And   echoed  Patrick   Henry's  cry 

For  liberty  or  death. 
Eight  hundred  men  were   sent  by   Gage 

For  arms   at   Concord  stored; 
The  famous  ride  of  Paul   Revere 

Soon  spread   the   news  abroad. 
April  19, 1775-    The   minute  men   at   Lexington, 

Opposed   the   advancing   host: 
The   British  fired   on   the  band,   - 

And  eight  good   lives   were   lost. 
At  Concord  they  destroyed  the  stores 

And  hastily  returned. 


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For  all  the   country  was   aroused ; 

Each  man  for  vengeance   burned. 
From   houses,   fences,   trees  and  rocks 

The  musket  bullets  sped, 
And    near  three  hundred  men  were  lost, 

As  home  the  soldiers  fled. 
Ticonderoga  and   Crown  Point 

Americans   secured. 
And  large  supplies  of  stores  and  guns 

Much  needed,   were  procured. 
A  second   congress  met  to   raise 

An  army  for  the   land: 
George  Washington  was  authorized 

To   take  the   chief  command. 
Near  twenty  thousand   fighting   men 

Surrounded  Boston   soon. 
And    battle   raged   at   Bunker   Hill 

The  seventeenth  of  June. 
The   British  twice   fled   down   the   hill, 

But   on   the   third   attack, 


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The  ammunition  being  spent, 

They  drove   the   "Yankees"   back. 
Dec.  31,1775.    Montgomery  attacked   Quebec, 

But  fell  when  first  they  fired ; 
They  wounded  Arnold,   Morgan  seized, 

*The  rest  in  spring  retired. 
T>he   Heights  of  Dorchester  were  armed 
By  colonists  at  night, 
March  17, 1776.    The   English  under  General  Howe 
To   Halifax  made   flight. 
Eleven  months  they'd    Boston  held, 
While   troops  besieged  ^t  round  ; 
They  pillaged  houses,   rifled  shops. 

Profaning   "holy  ground." 
The   English  fleet  to   Charleston  sailed, 
June 28, 1776.        And  on   Fort  Moultrie  fired; 

The   Southern  guns  replied  so   well. 

The  shattered  ships  retired. 
July  the  fourth,  in  seventy-six, 
July  4, 1776.         Was  passed  the  Declaration 


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That  made  the   united   colonies 

An   independent   nation. 
The   English,   with   the   brothers   Howe, 

Embarked  to   seize   New   York; 
They  numbered  thirty  thousand  men, 

All  eager  for   the   work. 
The   battle   of  Long  Island  brought  Aug.  a;,  1776. 

The  patriots  sore   defeat; 
In  fog,   they  made   escape,   while   Howe 

Was  waiting  for   the  fleet. 
The   British  followed  to  New   York, 

And  Washington   was  found 
At   Harlem  Heights.      They  moved  their  troops 

His  array  to   surround, 
But  Washington  withdrew  in  part 

His  forces  to   White  Plains,  • 

Where   soon  the  British  general 

Important  victory   gains.  -  Oct.  28, 1776. 

The  Hessians  took   Fort   Washington,  Nov.  16,1776. 

And  lost  a  thousand  men, 


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But  gained  two  thousand  patriots* 

To   fill   their   prison   pen. 
The   troops  across  New  Jersey's  land 

With   Washington   made   flight ; 
They  crossed  the  ice-filled  Delaware 

In  boats,   on   Christmas   night ; 
Dec.  26,1776.    At   Trentrn  killed   some   Hessian  troops, 

Sev    TT.      '^  thousand  more, 
And   safe  re-crossed    the   Delaware; 

Their  ios-^  wu..   or.?y  four. 
Again  he   crossed  the   Delaware, 

At  Trenton  took  his  post, 
Jan.  3, 1777-      Ou  Princcton  made  a  night  attack ; 

The  foe  three  hundred  lost. 
The   Howes,  with  eighteen  thousand  men, 

Embarked  for  Chesapeake ; 
And   Washington  departed  South, 

The   enemy  to   seek. 
He  placed  eleven  thousand  men 

In  camp  on  Brandywine, 


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And  stood  at  Chad's  Ford  to  oppose 

The   enemy's  design. 
The   Hessians  met  them  at  the  front, 

Cornwallis   in  the   rear ; 
The  patriot  troops  were  put  to  flight ;       Sept.  n,  1777 

Their  losses  were  severe. 
Pulaski  and  brave  La  Fayette 

Displayed   their   valor  well, 
But  British   numbers   won   the  day, 

And   Philadelphia   fell. 
Then   Washington,   at   Germantown, 

Led   on  a  bold   attack. 
And  though   almost  victorious, 

The   patriots   fell  back. 
The  British   fleet   and  army  gained 

The  forts    of  Delaware; 
To   Valley   Forge   the    patriots   marched, 

For  winter  to   prepare. 
Burgoyne's  ten  thousand  soldiers  took  June,  1777. 

The  forts  on  Lake   Champlain, 


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Oct.  4,  1777. 


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Aug  i6, 1777.     But   General  Stark,   at  Bennington, 

Resolved  to  die  or  gain. 
Sept.  19  &  Oct.  7.   Two  fights  at  Saratoga  brought 
The   British  woeful  fates; 
Oct.  17, 1777.     Burgoyne  surrendered  up  his  troops 
And  sword  to  General  Gates. 
The   British,   in   Connecticut,    - 
»777-  The  town  of  Danbury  burned ; 

Sag  Harbor,   burned  by  Colonel  Meigs, 

The  injury   returned. 
The  Continental  soldiers  strove 
With   hunger,   sickness,  cold. 
And  forty   paper  dollars    bought 

One   dollar's  worth   in   gold. 
By  Franklin's  efforts  was  secured 

The   sympathy  of  France, 
Who  sent  a   fleet  and   soldiers  out 
The   patriot  cause   to   advance. 
June  28, 1778.    At  Monmouth,   General   Clinton's  troops 
Were   putting  Lee   to   flight. 


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Then  Washington  led  back  the  men, 

And   Clinton  left  at  night. 
The   French  and  English  navies  met 

Off  Narragansett   Bay  ;  July  ag.  1778. 

A  fight  was  thwarted  by  a  storm 

That  drove    the  ships  away. 
The   massacre  of  Wyoming,  Julys.  1778. 

Enacted  in   July, 
By  tory  troops  and  savages, 

Description  would  defy. 
The  British  troops  in   Georgia    took 

Savannah  and  Augusta,  Dec.  29, 1778. 

And  Prevost's  force  to  Charleston  marched,    April  27, 1779. 

But,   met  by  Lincoln's  muster, 
They  hastily  retraced  their  steps,  May  12, 1779. 

Retreating   to   Savannah, 
And   Lincoln   followed   in   the  fall. 

Allied   with  France's  banner. 
Attack   was    made  ;   a   thousand  men  Oct.  9. 1779- 

And  brave  Pulaski  fell; 


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The   French  refused   their  further  aid, 

Although  they'd   fought  so  well. 
Connecticut's  most   noted  towns 
July,  1779.  By  Tryon  were   invaded, 

Who,  though  he  burned  or  plundered  each. 

His  clemency  paraded. 
Eight  hundred  men  to   Stony  Point 
July  IS,  1779.         Were  led   by  General  Wayne, 
By   strategy   and  night  attack 

The  fortress  they  regain. 
The  atrocities   of  Wyoming 

Severely  were  repaid  . 

By  Sullivan,   who  led  his  troops 
Aug.,  1779-  Upon  a   vengeful  raid.  •        ^ 

He  burned  some  forty  villages 

Among  the  famed   Six  Nations; 
But  Indian   hatred   fiercer  grew, 

By  all    these   tribulations. 
American  success  was  great, 

With  ships  and  privateers; 


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About  five  hundred   British  ships 

Were   captured   in   three   years. 
Paul   Jones  went   cruising  with  his  fleet, 

Along  the  English  coast, 
And  conquered  the   Serapis  there,  Sept.  23, 1779. 

But   Bon  Homme   Richard    lost. 
Then  Clinton  came  to  Charleston's  siege. 

Which   forty   days   it  bore, 
Till  Lincoln  had  to  yield  his   troops   :  ^     May  w,  178a 

As  prisoners   of  war. 
The   British   made  marauding  trips, 

Through  Carolina's   lands. 
Which  Marion,   Sumter,   Pickens,   Lee, 

Resisted   with  their  bands. 
Then   Gates  marched   South,  the   losing  cause 

At   Camden   to   regain; 
Cornwallis   put  his   troops   to   flight,  Aug.  16, 1780. 

And   brave   De  Kalb   was   slain. 
West  Point  was  nearly  yielded   up 

By  Benedict  Arnold's  treason. 


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Sept.  23, 1780.    But   Major   Andrei's   captors   learned 
The   secret  just   in   season. 
Bad    Arnold,    by   a   messenger, 
Was   warned   in   time    to   fly. 
Good   Andre   rules    of  war    condemned, 
Oct.  2,  .780.         They  hung   him   as   a   spy. 

Nat   Greene   succeeded   General   Gates, 
And    Tarleton   was   defeated 
Jan.  17, 1781.     At   Cowpens,   by  the   Southern   troops, 

With   Morgan.    They  retreated, 
jan.&Feb,  1781.  And  joiucd   by   Greene,   the   feeble  baud 
Virginia   safely   gain  ; 
Cornwallis    followed,   but   the   streams 
Were   swollen   by   the   rain. 
^  •       When  rested,   Greene   resumed   the   war, 
March  15, 1781.        At    Guilford   Court   House   fought, 

Where,   thougli    the    British  gained   the    day. 

The   field   was  dearly  bought. 
In   South   Carolina   Greene   gave   help, 
Sept.  8,1781  At   Eutaw  Springs   gave   fight. 


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That   led   the   British   troops   to  leave 

For   Charleston  in    tlie   nijjht. 
The   traitor   Arnold   led   a   force 

To   gratify   his   hate, 
And   burned   and   plundered   brutally  Jan.,  1781. 

Within   Virginia's   State. 
Cornwallis   taking  Arnold's   place 

Destroyed   ten   millions'  worth;  '  "^1781. 

Against  his  forts   at   Yorktown   marched 

The  forces   from    the   North, 
"Who,   led  by   Washington,  encamped 

About   twelve   thousand   strong, 
Americans   and  Frenchmen  joined, 

A   brave   and   hearty  throng. 
They   fired   ships   witli   red-hot   shells, 

And   forts   were   battered   down ; 
Cornwallis,   seeing   no    escape, 

Surrendered   up   the    town.  001.19,1781. 

His   seven   thousand  troops  marched  out. 

Gave  up  the   arms   they   bore, 


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And  all  the  patriots  gladly  hailed 

The  closing  of  the   war. 
A  year  the   British   Charleston  held, 

Prepared  for  warlike   work, 
Two  years  their  soldiers    occupied 
1783.  Savannah  and  New   York.  ' 

Lord  North,  by   English  sentiment,     * 

His  ministry  resigned; 
Sept.  3, 1783.     In  Paris,  seventeen  eighty-three, 

The  terms  of  peace   were   signed. 
The  struggle   left  America    -  - 

With  poverty  distressed, 
1787.         But  Shay's  rebellion  at  the  North 

By  Lincoln  was  suppressed. 
The  thirteen  States  had   through  the  war 

Preserved   confederation; 
They   met   at   Philadelphia  now     -       • 

To   form   themselves  a   nation.  * 

In  seventeen  hundred  eighty  seven 
Sept.  17, 1787.        They  framed  the  Constitution, 


'  *'  > 


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Which  came  in  force  in   eighty-nine 

By  general   resolution. 
Electors  of  the   United   States 

In  unity   arose ; 
George   Washington  for    President, 

With  glad  acclaim  they  chose. 
By  Alexander  Hamilton 

Financial  laws  were  made, 
With   duties   on  imported  goods 

And   on   the   spirit   trade. 
The   latter  made   the   whiskey  men 

Against  the  law  rebel. 
And  fifteen  thousand  men  came   out 

The   malcontents   to   quell. 
Two  armies  in  the   West  both  failed 

The   Indians  to  restrain, 
Until  their   country  was  laid   waste 

Before  mad  Anthony   Wayne. 
Affairs  of  state  were  well  controlled 

In  Washington's  eight  years, 


1789. 


1789. 


1794. 


i794- 


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And   treaties   were   with   England   made, 
With    Spain   and   with   Algiers. 
1797.  John   Adams,  by  the   Federalists, 

Was    President   elected ; 
The   alien   and  sedition  laws 

His  government   effected. 
America   fell   out  with   France, 

And  many   insults   bore  ; 
Napoleon   gained  the   Consulship, 
1800.  And  wisely   saved   a   war. 

Dec.  14, 1799.     "  The   Father   of  his   Country  "  died 
In   seventeen    ninety-nine ; 
The   homage   of    the   land   was  paid 
Around    Mount  Vernon's   shrine. 
,801.         The   wise   and   brilliant   Jefferson, 
The   "Sage   of  Monticello," 
Was  chosen  by   Republicans,  •      ' 

John   Adams'    term   to   follow. 
Tlien   fifteen  millions,   paid   to   France, 
1803.  Louisiana  bought ; 


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And   Hamilton   with   Aaron    Burr 

His   deadly   duel  fought. 
The  war  with   Tripoli   occurred 

That   pirate   dues   might  cease; 
Bombardment   of   the    port  secured 

Desired   terms    of  peace. 
While   French   and   English  were  at  war, 

Americans   carried   cargo, 
The     Leopard   took  the    Chesapeake^ 

And  Congress  made   Embargo. 
Republicans   as   candidate 

James   Madison   selected, 
And   after   Jeflferson's   two   terms 

He   too   was   twice   elected. 
The    British    roused   the   Indian    tribes, 

Who  made    attack   by   night, 
At    Tippecanoe,    on    Harrison, 

But   suffered  in   the   fight. 
The   seamen   of  America 

By   England   were   impressed ; 


1804. 


1S03-05. 


1807. 

Dec.  22,  1807. 


Nov.  7,  181 1. 


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Their  ships  were  seized  and  all  resolved 

These   wrongs  should   be    redressed. 
A   shot   against   the   President 
Mayi6.  isii.        Was  fired  by  Little  Belt^ 

But   civil   answer   was   returned, 

When   the   frigate's   guns   were   felt. 
The   War   of  Eighteen   Hundred   Twelve 
June  19,  i8ia         With  England   was   declared, 

And   armaments   on   land   and  sea, 

With  vigor  were   prepared. 
The   British,  under   General   Brock, 
Advanced  to  take   Detroit, 
Aug.  16,  i8i2.    And   Hull   surrendered   up   the   place, 
Disgraced  by   this   exploit. 
Another  failure   was   sustained, 
Oct.  13, 1812.        Attacking   Qusenstown   Heights ; 
But   these   disgraces  were   retrieved 
By  brilliant  naval   fights. 
Aug.  19,  i8ia.    The    Constitution^   Captain   Hull, 
Subdued   the    Gruerriere ; 


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The    TFasp  shot  off  the  Frolic* 8   crew,  Oct.  is,  1812, 

Until   her   decks   were   bare. 
The   Macedonian  struck   her  flag  Oct.  25.  isn. 

To   Commodore  Decatur; 
And   Bainbridge   took   the   Java   next,  Dec.  29,  isia. 

And   burned   her   three  days   later. 
The   daring   Yankee   privateers 

Excited   British   fear, 
For  quite   three  hundred   merchant   ships 

Were   captured  in   a  year. 
The   armies   sent   to   Canada 

Returned   without   success ; 
But  Perry's  vessels,   on   the   Lakes,  Sept.  10,  1813. 

Brought  Stars  and  Stripes  redress. 
The   Indians  joined   the   British  troops. 

And  fought  both   South  and   West; 
Tecumseh's  death,   at  River  Thames,  oct?  s,  '8'3. 

Their   savage  zeal   depressed. 
The   Hornet  took   the   Peacock^   brig,  Feb.  24, 1813. 

And   sank   her   by   her   cannon ; 


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June  1, 1813.    But   Lawrence,  in    the    Chesapeake,  ^ 

Fell   victim  to   the    Shannon. 
The    British   ships   mjide   ravages 

Along   the   Southern    coast, 
And    many   of   the    citizens 

Their  homes   and   fortunes   lost. 
Scott   won   the   fight   at   Chippewa, 

And   also   Lundy's  Lane  ; 
McDonough   took   the    British   fleet, 

Tliat   fought   on    Lake  Champlain. 
The    British   captured   Washington, 

But   failed   at   Baltimore ; 
They   captured    ships   and   plundered  towns 

Along   the    Northern    shore. 
December   twentj^-fourth,   at   Ghent, 

A  treaty   settled   peace ; 
Jan.  8, 1815.     But   Jackson    won   New    Orleans'  fight 

Before   the   war   could   cease. 
To  fill   the   Presidential  chair, 
1817.  Monroe  two  terms  was  sought; 


July 

5. 

1814. 

July 

25. 

1814. 

Sept. 

«', 

1814. 

Aug. 

24, 

1814. 

Sept. 

'2, 

1814. 

Dec.  24,  1814. 


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Missouri   Compromise   was   made  March  3, -820. 

And   Florida   was   bought.  1819. 

John    Quincy   Adams   next   in   turn  *         1825. 

Four  years   secured   the    seat; 
Protective    tariffs   were    enforced, 

And   brought   about   defeat. 
Then  Andrew  Jackson  served  eight  years,  isag. 

And  put   down    "Nullification;"  1832. 

He   let   the  victors   share  the   spoils 

In    office   by    "rotation." 
By   limiting   the    public    Bank, 

All   commerce    was   distressed; 
In    Black    Hawk's   War,  the    Indians 

Were   conquered    in   the    West. 
The    Seminoles,    in   Florida, 

By   Osceola   led. 
For   years   maintained   a   bloody    war; 

They  slaughtered   Major   Dade.  Dec.  28,  ,835. 

Van   Buren,   by   the   Democrats,  1837. 

Was   chosen   for   a   term  ; 


1833- 


1832. 


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A   crisis  came  in  thirty-seven  — 
,837.  A  great  financial  storm. 

1837-38.        Rebellion  in   the  Canadas 

An   English  war  fomented ;  '     .: 

The  "  Northeast  Boundary  "  fanned  the  flame, 
But  bloodshed  was  prevented. 

1841.  The  Whigs  elected   Harrison, 

April 4, 1841.         Who   served  a  month   and  died; 
And  Tyler,  the  Vice-President, 

Was   called  on  to  preside. 
He  vetoed  measures  of  the  Whigs; 

1842.  Rhode  Island  quelled   sedition ; 
The  Southern   Ocean   was  explored 

1842.  By   Wilkes'  Expedition  ; 

1844.  The   "  Anti-Renters,"   in   New   York, 

By  force   of  arms  were   quelled ; 

1845.  The   Mormons,   out  of  Illinois, 

By  riots   were   expelled. 
1845.         The  Democrats  elected  Polk,  / 

Though   Whigs  supported  Clay* ; 


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Both   Oregon  and   Texas  formed 

The   questions  of  the  day. 
The   Northwest  Boundary  Line  was  fixed, 

And   Texas   was  annexed;  ,  »^s. 

But   Mexico   still    claimed   this   State, 

And  thus   to   war  was  vexed. 
Then   Taylor  marched    to   Rio   Grande, 

At     Palo     Alto    fought  ;  •  May  8,  1846. 

Resaca  de  la  Palma  too,  '        May  9, 1846. 

A   brilliant  victory    brought. 
He   gained   the   day   at   Monterey,  Sept.  24, 1846. 

And   Buena  Vista   won,  Feb.  23, 1847. 

Though   Santa   Anna  bravely   fought 

Till   setting   of  the    sun.  , 

New   Mexico   was   quickly  gained 

By   General   Kearney   then, 
And   California  was   won 

By   John   C.   Fremont's  men. 
Then  Winfield  Scott   took   Vera  Cruz;        March 29, 1847. 

Through  several  fights  he   bore 


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Sept.  14, 1847.    The   Stars   and   Stripes   to   Mexico, 
Feb.  2, 1848.         And   treaty   closed   the   war. 
1846.  Wihnot's  Proviso   aimed    to   keep 

All    slavery   from   new   States ; 
This   roused   the   people   North   and   South 

To   violent   debates. 
In  forty -eight   a  workman  found 

1848.  The    California   gold ; 

And   thousands  flociied  from   all  the   lands 
Where'er  the   tale   was   told.     *    - 

1849.  The   Whigs   now  Zachary   Taylor   chose, 
July 9, 1850.         Who   died   the   following  year; 

And   Millard   Fillmore   occupied 

The   Presidential   chair. 
Domestic  slavery   now  became 

The   question   of  the   day, 
,850.         And   compromises   were  secured 

By   Webster   and   by   Clay. 

The   "  fiUibusters "   made   attempts     "'   , 

For   Cuba's  annexation  ;  ^ 

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But   Lopez   met  defeat   and   death, 

And   roused  Spain's   indignation. 
Tlie   Democrats   now  gained   the  day, 

Electing   Franklin    Pierce  ;  1853. 

The   Kansas  and   Nebraska   Bill  May,  1854. 

Made   slavery   conflicts   fierce. 
Ten   millions,   paid  to    Mexico, 

Arranged   the   boundary   line, 
And   Perry's   visit   caused   Japan. 

Trade   privilege   to   assign.  »8s4 

Buchanan   next   was  President,  »857. 

And   during   his  four  years, 
Discussions   upon  slavery 

Excited  general  fears. 
Some   Northern   States   opposed   the   law 

That   fugitives  returned; 
John   Brown  an  insurrection  made,  1859. 

And   Southern   anger   burned. 
When  Abraham  Lincoln   gained  his  place,         1861. 

Seven  Southern   States   seceded,  Dec.  ao,  i860. 


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July  21,  1861. 
i86t. 


Feb. 4, 1861.    And  organized  Confederate  States, 

By   Jefferson   Davis   headed. 
April la,  1861.   Fort   Sumter  yielded;    Northern   blood 
April  19, 1861.       In   Baltimore   was   shed  ; 

Virginia   was   the  battle   ground 

To  which   the   troops   were   led. 
The   Northerners   sustained   defeat 

At  the  Battle   of  Bull   Run; 
At  Carthage,    Wilson's  Creek,  Ball's   Bluff, 

The   South   more   victories   won. 
The  North  some   minor   battles  gaii;  ^d, 

Gave   Border  States  their  aid, 
And  off    the   seaports  of  the   South 

Their   ships   maintained  blockade. 
Commissioners,   from  Southern  States, 

Were   seized   on   board  the    Trent  \ 
When  England  made   remonstrances, 

Apologies   were   sent. 
Fort  Henry  and  Fort  Donaldson, 

With  Island  Number  Ten, 


Nov.  8,  1S61. 


1862. 


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Shiloh  and   Murfreesborough's'  fights, 

Were   won   by   Northern   men. 
Antietam's  indecisive  fight 

Made  Lee's   command  fall  back; 
And   thus  protected   Washington 

From   danger  of  attack. 
The   Monitor   whipped  the  Merrimacy 

Preventing  great  defeat; 
New   Orleans  was  forced   to  yield 

To  Farragut  with  his  fleet; 
Confederate  victories  were  won 

By  Jackson  and   by  Lee; 
Then  Lincoln's  Proclamation  came, 

That  made  the  negroes  free. 
The  South  at  Chickamauga  won, 

And   Chancellorsville  was  gained; 
In   Charleston,   spite   of  all  attacks. 

The   Southern  troops   remained. 
The  Northern  forces  Vicksburg  gained, 

And  Chattanooga's  height; 


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Sept  17, 1863. 


March  19,  1863. 


April  35, 1863. 


Jan.  1, 1863. 

Sept.  ao,  i86j. 
May  3,  1863. 


May,  1863. 
Nov.  35,  1863. 


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May,  1864. 


Nov.,  1864. 


July  1-3, 1863.    The   three   days'   fight   at   Gettysburg, 

Turned   Lee's   advance   to   flight. 
The   Wilderness,   and   other  fields, 

Were   won   by   General   Lee, 
But   Sherman   made   his   famous  march 

Through  Georgia   to   the   sea, 
And   Northern   armies   gained   success 

Throughout  the   South   and   West, 
While    "  on   to   Richmond "    General   Grant 

With   firm   persistence   pressed. 
Through   Carolina   Sherman   marched, 

Columbia   was   taken ; 
And   Charleston   threatened   in  the   rear, 

Bv   Southerners    was   forsaken. 
On   April   third,   in  sixty-five, 

Lee   out   of  Richmond   fled. 
And    on   the    ninth  surrendered   up 

The    troops  he'd   bravely   led. 
This   civil   war,   they   estimate. 

Three   thousand   millions  cost, 


Feb.  17,  1865 
Feb.  18,  1865 


April  3,  1865. 
April  9,  1865. 


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And   on   both   sides,  'tis   probable, 

A   million   lives  were    lost. 
A  second  term   as   President 

To   Lincoln   was  secured; 
Booth   killed   him   by   a   pistol  shot, 

When   peace   was  just   assured. 
Then   Andrew   Johnson   measures   took 

The    Union   to   restore ; 
He   freely   pardoned   all   the   South, 

Except   the   chief  in  war. 
But  Congress,  favoring  sterner  plans, 

His   vetoes   set   aside; 
With  "  carpet-bag "   and  negro   rule 

The   Southern   States   were   tried. 
Impeachment   of  the  President 

Failed   only   by  one    vote ; 
The  "Freedman's  Bureau,"  "Civil  Rights," 

Were   measures  of  great   note. 
Atlantic   Cable   then   was   laid, 

Alaska's   lands    were   bought;  , 


April  14. 1865. 


1868. 


July,  1866. 


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1868. 


1869. 


Oct.  8,  1871. 
Nov.  9,  1873. 


1873. 


1876. 


1877. 


1877. 


A   treaty  was  with   China   made ; 

In   Canada   Fenians   fought. 
Now   Grant   became  the   President ; 

Two    terms   his   valor   earned ; 
Pacific   Railroad   crossed   the   land; 

Prosperity   returned. 
Great  fires   in   Chicago  raged, 

In   Boston   and  the  West; 
The   threatening   "Alabama    Claims," 

Geneva's   Board   redressed. 
Financial   crisis   came   again, 

Through  railroads'    bad   condition ; 
In   Philadelphia   was   held 

Centennial   Exhibition. 
The   votes  securing   Tilden's   seat, 

Conflicting   questions   raise; 
Electoral   commission   finds 

One   extra   vote   for   Hayes. 
A   railroad   strike    'gainst  lower   pay, 

Produced    the    Pittsburg   riot; 


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A   hundred   lives   were   sacrificed, 

Before  restoring   quiet. 
Five   millions   and  a  half  were   paid 

As   fishery   award  ; 
And  specie  payments   through  the   land 

Were   finally  restored. 
Then   Garfield   was  made   President, 

But   fell   by   Guiteau's   hand; 
And   Arthur   filled   the   vacant  place, 

As   ruler  of  the  land. 


1878. 


1881. 

July  3,  i88t. 
Sept  36,  1881. 


SUMMARY  OF  COLONIES  AND  STATES, 

The   first  enduring  settlement, 

Where   English   people   stayed, 
At   Jamestown,   in   Virginia, 

In   sixteen   seven   was   made. 
In  sixteen  thirteen,   at   New    York, 

Wrecked   Dutchmen   built  a   shanty; 
To   Massachusetts   Pilgrims   came. 

In   sixteen    hundred   twenty. 


1607. 


1613. 


1620. 


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IRstory  of  the    United  States  in  Rhyme. 


1623. 


1634. 


•633-36. 
1636. 

1638. 


1664. 
1664, 


1665 


1670. 


New   Hampshire's  lands  were   occupied 

111   sixteen   twenty-three  ; 
In   thirty-four,  to   Maryland, 

Came   Catholics   'cross   the   sea. 
From  thirty-three   to   thirty-six 

Connecticut   was   won ; 
In   thirt3'-six,   by   William's   friends, 

Rhode   Island   was   begun. 
The   Swedes   encamped  in   Delaware 

In  sixteen   thirty-eight; 
In  sixty-four   Elizabethtown 

Began   New   Jersey's   State. 
The   English  navy   took   New   York 

In   sixteen   sixty-four ; 
And  from   this   time   the   colony 

An   English  title  bore. 
Year   sixteen   hundred   sixty-five, 

Is   North   Carolina's   date  ; 
In   sixteen   seventy   began 

South   Carolina's   State. 


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History  of  the  United  States  in  Rhyme. 


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- 


Penn   came  to   Pennsylvania 

In   sixteen   eighty-two ; 
In   seventeen   hundred   thirty-three 

To   Georgia  debtors  go. 
These  thirteen  States  the   Union  formed, 

And   scarce   three   millions  held ; 
Now   thirty-eight   compose   the   land, 

With   fifty    millions   filled. 
Now   ten   large   territories   lie 

Around   the    Western   border, 
And  twenty-five   new   States   have   been 

Admitted   in   this   order: 
Vermont,   Kentucky,   Tennessee, 

Ohio,    Louisiana  — 
The   latter   fuirly    bought   from    France  — 

The   next   was    Indiana. 
Then    Mississippi,    Illinois, 

With    Alabama,    Maine ; 
Missouri   and   Arkansas   next. 

And   then   came   Michigan. 


1682. 


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»733. 


1791. 

1702. 
,  «7'A 

iSoa. 
. tSia. 


1816. 

1817. 

i8iq. 

I«20. 

1821. 
1836. 

1837. 


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1846. 

1848.  ) 
1850.  / 

1858  ) 
1859.  f 

1861.  ) 
1863./ 

1864. 

1867. ) 
1876.  J 


ITistori/  of  the  United  States  in  Bhyme, 

Now  Florida  and  Texas    next, 

With   Iowa   come   on ; 
Wisconsin,    California, 

Minnesota,    Oregon. 
Then   Kansas,   West  Virginia; 

Nevada  forms   a  State; 
Nebraska,    Colorado   close 

The  number  thirty-eight. 


History  of  the   United  /States  in  Rhyme. 


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THE  PRESIDENTS. 


First  Washington,  Adams  and  Jefferson  came  ; 

Then    Madison ;   next   James    Monroe ; 
With    John    Qiiincy   Adams's    notable    name, 

Andrew  Jackson,  Van   Buren   must  go. 

Then  Harrison,  Tyler  and  Polk  took  their  turn 
With    Taylor  and   Fillmore   and    Pierce ; 

Buchanan  and  Lincoln  the  honor  next  earn, 
And    Johnson,  through    murder   so   fierce. 

Then    Grant   for    two    terms    was   supreme   in 
the   land  ; 

And    the   seat   was   next   given    to    Hayes ; 
When  Garfield  had  died  by  a  murderous  hand, 

Then   Arthur   to   power   they   raise. 


i78g. 

i8ot. 

1809, 
1817. 

1825. 

1829. 
1837. 


1841 
1841 

1845- 
1849. 
1849, 

1853. 

'857. 
i86i. 

1865. 


1869. 

1877. 
1881. 
1881. 


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